Buckle



C. E. HEATON.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15. 1921.

Patented @ch 311, 1922,

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, BUCKLE.

Application filed August 15,- 1921. Serial 33o. 492,245. v

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that'l, CLARENCE. E. HEA'roN,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, andState of lllinois, have invented certainnew' and useful Improvements inBuckles, of whichl .do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming a partof this specification.

The invention has, relation to that class of. buckles (such, forexample, as are com- "monly used for suspenders) inwhich there isprovided a tab-holding member t-o'enable' the adjustment of the buckleto be readily vefiected. The object of the inventionis to provide asimple, cheap and effective means for attaching a tab to the tab-holdingmom-- illustrated in the accompanying drawingb er, and to this end theinvention consists in the novel construction hereinafter described,

' andparticularly pointed out in the claims at the end of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation show ing a portion of a suspenderstrap having myinvention applied thereto. Figure 2 is a view in sideelevation. Figure 3 is adetail View of the tab-holding member. Figure 4is a viewin vertical section on the line A r-4c of Fig. v3. 1 l In thedrawing, my

that is secured to the portiona, as by a line I K of stitches b. Asshown, the body portion A vention illustrated in the drawing, the tab-.is formed with outwardly turned ears formed with sockets a to receivethe reduced end portions on pivots 0 of'the tab-- holding member C. Inthe formof the inholding member C is stamped from sheet metal, beingmade as a lever with an angular portion 0 having a toothed or serratededge to engage the suspender strap B and securely hold it againstslipping when the tab-holding member is in the position shown in Figs. 1and 2 of the drawings. The parts as thus far defined are of well knownconstruction and their mode of operation will be readily understood bythose familiar with this class of articles.

invention is illus- .trated as embodied in a form of buckle com- Myimproved tab-holding' member- C has its bottom edge provided with meansadapted to securely hold the tab D that is formed of flexlblematerialand serves to enable'the bottom edge of the tab-holding memberC,

this iloop having end portions 0 connected bya bar 0 The end parts 0 ofthe loop (after. the upper portion of thetab D has been: passed throughthe loop) is. pressed Ifirmly. against the tab D so as to securely clampthe tab between the bar 0 of the 100 and. the body of the tab-holdingmember Preferably, the bar 0 is formed with teeth or points 0 that willembed themselves in the tab D and effectively serve to prevent itsslipping from engagement with the. tabholding member. My presentinvention affords an extremely simple, cheap and effective means forsecuring the tab D to the tabholding member. The tab D, being clam dagainst the inner face of-thei'member is held flat and in position .to'be readily grasped. 1 I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is v 1. A device of the character described,comprising the combination with the body portion, of a tab-holdingmember formed with a loop at its bottom edge, said loop being turnedupwardly and inwardly, and a tab having its upper portion arrangedCLARENCE E. HEATON.

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